Looking Back & Looking Forward - September/November

Geez I cannot believe that is November! November makes me so miserable its unbelievable, I think I have SAD! This horrible, dark, cold and damp weather makes me want to do nothing except curl up my in PJs. December makes me a lot happier as then its officially the run down to Christmas! Who would believe that I'm getting married in November next year ha!

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This month I've been loving...

Beauty...

Sleek palette in Graphite. I bought this from Leanne Marie's blog sale a while back but have only recently started using it properly. I'm now in love with it! For me this is the ultimate night out palette. I will be putting a post up with swatches and some looks created using it shortly

Fashion...

Dark Green Velvet Turban. I bought this turban from Dainty Roses a couple of weeks ago, I also bought it in red. I love them both. They are perfect for the miserable weather that I described above! If I go to the firework display Saturday night this will be a must! If you haven't seen my giveaway yet you can win one of these, there is also a special link on my giveaway that entitles my readers to buy two for £10.

Food...

Iceland Double Pizza. So naughty but so good. These double pizzas from Iceland are just amazing.

Blog posts...

I need to try and make a rainbow cake after seeing how amazing Gemma's looked!

My friend Ashley has just started a blog. Its really interesting to see another side to him.

The products that I've used in full this month...

Sample of The Body Shop Coconut Body Butter. This smells absolutely divine. Unfortunately the sample was really too small to get a real feel for the product.

Babor HSR Lifting Extra Firming Cream from Boudoir Prive. I really loved this. I could feel a difference in my skin when using this. I've never bothered to use a proper night cream before but have now bought some after using this. Unfortunately not this one, at £82 for the full size its a little out of my price range!

ELF HD Powder. I love this product. I actually ordered more last week but haven't received anything yet, must chase them up. My skin is so shiny without using this, its horrific.

Neutrogena Oil-free Moisturiser. This does what it says on the tin. Moisturises the skin without leaving it greasy. I won't be repurchasing though for one simple reason. I hate the packaging. Its too thin so it knocks over easily, and its difficult to get all the product out.

Looking back...

I hit 300 followers! Wow! Thank you all so much!

I've fallen off the diet wagon lately, you may have noticed a lack of posts. I've lost my motivation but must find it somewhere!

I attended the Cardiff Blogger meet which was amazing! I loved seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new people.

Looking forward to...

5.11.11 attending the local fireworks display with Spencer, my sister, her partner and my niece (weather permitting)

18.11.11 a night out in Cardiff to celebrate a close friend's birthday.

19.11.11 another night in Cardiff (not sure I can handle two in a row!) to celebrate a colleagues 30th birthday.

26.11.11 a local night out around Caerleon for a friends hen night. Neon fancy dress. Oh heck!

What are your most memorable moments of October? What are you mostly looking forward to in November?

Haul / Outfit / Face

Hi all

What have you been up to this weekend? Yesterday I went to Primark with my sister and my niece, we then went into Zoopa Doopa, a kids play thing in Cwmbran. It was my first time there, it was great and Gracie loved it. Not sure if I could cope going there again though. Some parents just don't give a damn! They go there, sit in the cafe and leave their kids to it. As a result their kids get away with doing what the hell they want, one knocked Gracie off her chair when she was eating her food! A little girl decided to ride her bike through the cafe area and went smack into Gracie's chair, where were the parents?? There were a few other incidents that riled me included kids going down the slides then climbing back up them which meant no one else could go on them. Some people just don't care. Rant over.

Outfit

Dress - Peacocks

Sandals - Regis (local shop)

Necklace - Primark

Flower Ring - Temporary Secretary

Scrabble Ring - Love Suzie (closed down)

Bracelet - Peacocks

Earings - Dainty Roses

Face

Rimmel 25 hour foundation

Rimmel perfect match pressed powder

Eyeko Strawberry Fat Balm

Bene Tint and Eyeko Glow Getter on cheeks

High Beam on brow bone

Avon Super Shock mascara

Sleek palette in Sunset (colours used below)

Haul

I only went into Primark for the bag, as usual I came out with a lot more! I've been wanting a pair of Palazzo trousers for a while now but haven't been able to find any short enough for my little legs, I saw these and decided just to get them and speak nicely to my mother in the hope that she will hem for them me. The mirror will be returned, I know it only cost £1 but as I have tried showing here the light is ridiculously bright plus £1 is a lot of money in Primark! I may return the dress too, not quite sure yet. It just doesn't seem to sit right on me. Isn't the belt the cutest belt ever?

O & F OTD

Hi all - we survived, the world didn't end, phew! I hope you've had a good weekend. I went to my friends house for a drink last night and had a fab night, stupid here did end up having three cigarettes though. I think its kind of a good thing though because I feel so bad about doing it, so maybe I needed to do it to feel this guilt, or am I just talking crap haha! Spencer and I popped to Cardiff Bay for some food yesterday, which turned out to be a complete 'mare because there was rugby on so it was rammed! We still had a good day though. This is what I wore:

Dress - Primark

Cardigan, shoes, earings, swallow bracelet - Peacocks

Necklace - Dainty Roses

Sleek Pallette in Sunset

Collection 2000 Concealer

Eyeko Glow Getter Blush

The Body Shop bronzer Warm Glow

Rimmel perfect match powder

Rimmel 25 hour foundation

Avon Superextend Mascara

NYC Lipgloss Fashion Avenue Fuschia

My Bright Bold Beautiful Entry

When I first read this post I thought it sounds fun but I'm not going to be any good at creating a bright make up look so I won't bother. Then I thought about that Sleek palette I have sitting there with all those neon colours that I'm never going to use and came to the conclusion, what the hell - why not?


So now you're wondering what I'm babbling about?! Natalie over at BlushBlendBeauty is holding a giveaway to celebrate becoming a Youtube partner (congrats!). The giveaway is inspired by Lisa Eldridge. She has asked that you create your own bright bold and beautiful make up look! Here is mine :

old earings from a fancy dress outfit

This is what I used to create the look :

As you can see its nothing special but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out! Good luck to everyone else who enters :)

FOTN & OOTN Cardiff Night Out

Hiya :) As most of you will know I went to Cardiff last night and got pretty piddled! As always I drank way too much, today is very much a PJ day for me! I took some quick outfit and face photos, sorry that they aren't the best, I was in a rush to go out so didn't have time to get the tripod out!

Dress, Shoes and Tattoo Tights - Primark

Necklace - Temporary Secretary

I don't know what happened to my hair here!

Avon MagiX Face Perfector

Rimmel 25 Hour Foundation

Rimmell True Match pressed powder

Rimmell blusher (part of make up set)

Sleek Palette in Sunset

Eyeko Big Eyes Mascara

MUA Lipstick shade 10

Leanne

xoxo

Sleek Palette Swatches & some bargains for you!

Hi all, I hope you're okay. I'm loving this three day working week, last day tomorrow until Tuesday - wayhey!

I'm really looking forward to the Royal Wedding! They are holding a street party in the village, its free and they are providing a Hog Roast and a BBQ - I can't wait! I haven't been up there yet this week but apparently it looks fab, bunting everywhere! What is everyone else doing for the Royal Wedding?

Sleek Palettes

I recently purchased three Sleek palettes in a blog sale, they were three for £10 so I purchased Acid, Chaos and Sunset.

Sunset 568

with flash

without flash

Chaos 577

with flash

without flash

Acid 570

with flash

without flash

I'm pleased with these palettes overall and can't wait to try experimenting with the colours!

Sunset has some absolutely stunning colours for, as the names suggest, the summer! The colours in this palette are really shimmery and natural, I can see this being my go to palette for summer days.

Chaos also has some gorgeous colours, some a bit bolder than Sunset, I can see Chaos featuring quite a lot in my evening make up.

Acid really isn't very likely to see much light, I didn't think this one would be for me when I first purchased it as some of the colours are OTT, they may come in handy for fancy dress! I looked past the neon yellow, orange and pink though and realised that there are actually some really pretty colours in amongst the vulgar ones! I particularly like the blues in this palette.

Bargain watch!

So many shops are jumping on the bandwagon and offering discounts for the Royal Wedding, here are a few that I know of:

New Look - £15 off £60 spend with code NLROYWED expires 02 May 2011
Debenhams - 15% off with code PU6P expires 13 May 2011
The Body Shop - 30% off with code ROYAL30 expires 02 May 2011, they also have a buy one get one half price sale which ends on 05 May 2011, as far as I can see this runs right across the store and is applied automatically at checkout, it can be any two items, you get the cheapest free, both discounts can be applied to the same shop so this is a SUPER DEAL!!!
La Senza - 15% off with code Wedding Fever expires 02 May 2011 
Dorothy Perkins - 10% off sign up to their newsletter and enter they email you the code

Happy shopping!!

Leanne

xoxo